Conan Rick's Investigator

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi looked at each other and felt that Mr. Clock would not cheat in the general direction.

However, Mr. Clock knows more about the underground than you can imagine, and knows everything about it.

In this case, he should also know about the existence of the Kunyang people.

"Mr. Clock, do you know the Kunyang people?"

"Kunyang people?" Mr. Clock paused. "Yes, I know those Kunyang people. They are a group of fanatical believers with a long history."

Qin Zhibo continued, "We encountered the Kunyang people on the way here. They are very dangerous. Do you have any way to deal with them?"

Koizumi Hongzi, who was walking next to him, also perked up and listened carefully to the answer to this question.

But Mr. Clock remained silent for a long time and did not answer the question directly.

"The Kunyang people are crazy. Madness has been written into their genes for 6500 million years."

"This madness will ultimately destroy them. The only thing that can completely destroy them is their inner selves..."

Mr. Clock's words seemed to explain a solution, but his riddle-like narration made the other two people unable to understand what he was saying.

Qin Zhibo could feel that Mr. Clock had a way to defeat the Kunyang people, but he just didn't want to tell them.

This made Qin Zhibo feel a little troubled. If Mr. Clock had a way to deal with the Kunyang people, he must know this method if he wanted to leave here.

But Mr. Clock has secretly broken with his alliance, and both sides will try to kill each other during Enkai's trip.

...It seems that we can only take it one step at a time.

……

In the dark passage, Mr. Clock led Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi forward and finally came to a circular abyss.

The diameter of this abyss is about ten meters, and there are irregular stone steps raised on the vertical downward stone wall for walking.

And below the abyss lies a darkness that even the most powerful searchlight cannot penetrate.

"Come with me, Enkai is next."

Mr. Clock took the lead and walked up the stairs, heading towards the road leading to the abyss.

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi confirmed the reliability of the stone steps and followed them up one after another.

In order to prevent Mr. Clock from setting a trap on a certain stone step in advance, Qin Zhibo secretly held the [Flying Claw] in one hand, ready to drop it at any time.

However, surprisingly, all the stone steps were intact. The three of them walked up about 700 steps and reached the bottom of the abyss.

At the bottom of the abyss there is only one passage in front. The evil aura emanating from the passage makes Koizumi Hongzi, who has a very strong sixth sense, stop in her tracks.

As a witch who often accepted the existence of secrets, she had never felt such a strong evil aura.

Whether it is the legendary demon "Lucifer" or the ghouls, the evil aura they exude is less than one ten-thousandth of the evil in the passage ahead.

There is something extremely terrifying hidden in there, a taboo that humans cannot touch.

"Then...what is that?"

Qin Zhibo, who was walking in front, turned around and looked at Koizumi Hongzi who was muttering to herself behind him, then walked back and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"That's what's up ahead... a very terrible smell..."

Qin Zhibo sniffed his nose and smelled a faint stench in the air, but there was no other smell.

Of course, the presence of such a smell in such a deep cave is itself unusual.

At this time, Mr. Clock, who was walking in front, turned around and asked the people behind him with an expressionless face.

"You two, can you still go?"

"This is the last section of the road. Once you walk in, you will reach Enkai."

"Don't you want to see the ultimate 'truth'?"

Of course Qin Zhibo had to go in, but Koizumi Hongzi was already trembling and hugging her arms.

"How about you stay here?"

After being asked this question by Qin Zhibo, Koizumi Hongzi seemed to regain her sanity and came out of her terrible sixth sense.

"No, I want to keep going!"

"This is your last chance to turn back, are you sure?"

"yes, I'm sure."

Looking at Koizumi Akako's determined eyes, Qin Zhibo didn't say anything more and went back with her to Mr. Clock who was waiting in front.

Mr. Clock glanced at Koizumi Hongzi with a hint of disdain in his tone.

"It seems not all humans can reach here, and there's a reason for that."

"Then let's keep going..."

Mr. Clock, Qin Zhibo, and Koizumi Hongzi walked to the deepest part of the cave in order.

During this period, Qin Zhibo had to look back many times to see if Koizumi Hongzi was left behind.

But even when they reached the deepest part of the cave, Koizumi Hongzi did not show any fear.

At the end of the cave, the view suddenly becomes clear.

This is a huge cave like a temple.

The floor of the cave was littered with the skeletons of countless unknown creatures, covered in indigestible fur, which emitted the foul odor.

Next to the pile of bones, there were two stone troughs with water flowing from some kind of living thing.

The stone trough leads directly to the deepest darkness of the forbidden temple - a place completely isolated from the human world.

[Congratulations on completing the main quest: Journey to the New World - Enkai!]

Chapter 997: The shrewd boss of the organization

[Acquire 30000 general skill proficiency]

【Get 10 lucky draw opportunities】

[You have reached the abyss of Enkai and touched the true taboo...]

Although the huge reward for completing the main task has been transferred into the system, Qin Zhibo is too busy to pay attention to those "unimportant" things at the moment.

The dark temple before us is the core of Enkai - the Temple of Tsathoggua.

There is a spacious passage in the middle of the temple, with sunken stone troughs on both sides of the passage.

Qin Zhibo shone the searchlight on his head there and saw living things flowing out of the stone trough.

These living creatures are like lumps of shapeless mud, constantly changing into various shapes and forms.

As if they felt the stimulation of the light, they slowly crawled towards Qin Zhibo and others.

"What, what is that?" Koizumi Hongzi took two steps back in disgust and asked.

When Qin Zhibo looked at those slime-like creatures, the first thing he thought of was the Shoggoths he had described in his novel.

The difference is that these slimes do not have countless bubbles, nor will they undergo countless reorganizations and splits.

This makes them less terrifying than the Shoggoths described in the books.

"do not know……"

Qin Zhibo shook his head and turned to look at Mr. Clock, who had already walked towards the deepest part of the temple.

Seeing this, he and Koizumi Hongzi immediately followed.

Three slender figures slanted towards the ruins that existed before ancient times. The surrounding stone troughs continuously flowed out those soft mud-like amorphous creatures, approaching the intruders with bad intentions.

In order to avoid being caught up by these creatures, the three had to speed up their pace to enter the temple.

Until on the pedestal in the deepest part of the temple, the dark, hazy huge body became clearly visible.

It was a giant statue of a toad.

Countless slime-like creatures flowed out of the stone troughs near the base and several metal sacrificial basins that were more than one person tall.

They transformed into various shapes and paid homage to the giant toad statue on top of the pedestal.

The toad statue was probably carved from basalt or onyx, with a wide mouth and wrinkled eyelids lazily closed...

No, that's not a statue.

That's alive!

The huge toad-like head had its eyes opened a slit, like two phosphorescent cracks on its eyebrowless face.

The condescending look revealed a sacred laziness and infinite slackness, which made Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi hesitate at first, and then feel deeply afraid.

Qin Zhibo: Will -20

Koizumi Akako: Will-20

Feeling the same fear, Koizumi Hongzi was shaking her body and was so dazed that she almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, with Qin Zhibo's support, she didn't actually sit on the ground.

Unlike these two hesitant humans, the alien Mr. Clock behaved very naturally.

He may have rehearsed this scene in his mind countless times. After taking a look at the behemoth in front of him, he knelt down respectfully and bowed.

"Oh, Lord Tsathoggua, I am your loyal believer!"

"Please accept my most pious worship!"

Mr. Clock crawled on the ground, trying to keep in line with the surrounding slime creatures, and even felt that he was the leader of these slime creatures.

Tsathoggua on the pedestal glanced at Mr. Clock below the stage, his eyes slightly widened, and the light in his eyes was like a sticky stream, pouring down from his wrinkled face.

After a while, a heavy rumbling sound came from the base.

Although the sound was rough, it was pieced together into meaningful syllables and words in the heads of Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi.

"What do you want here?"

Mr. Clock bowed reverently and continued, "I would like to ask you to grant me the 'Inner Keeper'."

"And I, your most loyal believer, will offer you two delicious sacrifices!"

Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi, who were standing behind, were shocked when they heard this.

There is no one else here, the so-called two sacrifices can only refer to them!

Mr. Clock spoke in unambiguous English. He was planning to use Qin Zhibo and Koizumi Hongzi as sacrifices.

From the very beginning when Qin Zhibo expressed his intention to join Enkai's journey, Mr. Clock had already planned to offer Qin Zhibo as a sacrifice to Tsathoggua.

In the series of events that happened later, although Mr. Clock realized that it was Qin Zhibo who was secretly behind the scenes, he never showed it.

Because it has always been planning to lead Qin Zhibo into the abyss step by step.

"you……!"

Qin Zhibo gritted his teeth. He didn't expect the alien Mr. Clock to use this trick - to kill with a borrowed knife!

At this moment, his relationship with Mr. Clock on the character relationship network instantly jumped from "cooperation" to "enemy".

Qin Zhibo looked up at Satogua and wanted to retreat quickly, but he had no strength at all, as if he was under some powerful restriction.

At the same time, the slime creatures in the back continued to flow out from the stone trough, and had already surrounded everyone's retreat route.

Oops!

Qin Zhibo realized that he could no longer escape, at least not with his own abilities.

No matter how skilled I am, I am still just a human being.

And the person in front of him is Enkai’s master!

A true god!

On the pedestal, Tsathoggua, the decision maker, looked lazily at the three people below.

The bat-slot-like body swayed, or perhaps didn't sway.

But what is certain is that the conditions proposed by Mr. Clock aroused His interest, causing Him to slowly stick out the strange tip of his tongue and lick his thick lips.